Occurrence

Incidental sightings of marine mammals

Latest version published by Institute of Marine Research on 13 December 2018 Institute of Marine Research
Data on incidental sightings of cetaceans reported to the Institute of Marine Research by letter or telephone, as well as information from newspapers, have been collected since 1967. From the late 1970s, data have also been obtained from research vessels, coast guard vessels, some fishing vessels and inspectors. These reports contain basic information on date, position and species, but also additional information such as group sizes. These sightings are not useful for assessing abundance, but might reveal distributional aspects. Most of the reports come from the northern areas (Barents Sea); this is clearly related to the distribution of the activities which form the basis for this kind of reporting.
Publication date:
13 December 2018
License:
CC-BY 4.0

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 31,081 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

  • Occurrence (core)
    31081
  • MeasurementOrFacts 
    31081

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How to cite

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Institute of Marine Research, Marine Mammals Research Group (2017). Incidental sightings database.

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Keywords

Occurrence

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Siri Hartvedt

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Siri Hartvedt

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Who else was associated with the resource:

User
Arnfinn Morvik

Geographic Coverage

North Atlantic

Bounding Coordinates South West [23.78, -71.47], North East [84.05, 69.32]

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1980-01-01 / 2015-01-01

Additional Metadata